Snooker - Irish Masters (Invitational)

Next to The Masters, this was the most prestigious non-ranking event on the snooker calendar for many seasons. Spawned from the Ireland Tournament held from 1975-77, the Irish masters pitted an elite field in an atmospheric arena at the Goffs bloodstock centre in County Kildare. It was moved to Dublin for its final tpournament two runs as an invitational event in 2001 & 2002.It was turned into a ranking event in 2003, but was last played in 2005.

YEAR

WINNER

RUNNER-UP

1978

JOHN SPENCER (Eng)

Doug Mountjoy (Wal)

1979

DOUG MOUNTJOY (Wal)

Ray Reardon (Wal)

1980

TERRY GRIFFITHS (Wal)

Doug Mountjoy (Wal)

1981

TERRY GRIFFITHS (Wal)

Ray Reardon (Wal)

1982

TERRY GRIFFITHS (Wal)

Steve Davis (Eng)

1983

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Ray Reardon (Wal)

1984

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Terry Griffiths (Wal)

1985

JIMMY WHITE (Eng)

Alex Higgins (Nir)

1986

JIMMY WHITE (Eng)

Willie Thorne (Eng)

1987

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Willie Thorne (Eng)

1988

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Neal Foulds (Eng)

1989

ALEX HIGGINS (Nir)

Stephen Hendry (Sco)

1990

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Dennis Taylor (Nir)

1991

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

John Parrott (Eng)

1992

STEPHEN HENDRY (Sco)

Ken Doherty (Irl)

1993

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Alan McManus (Sco)

1994

STEVE DAVIS (Eng)

Alan McManus (Sco)

1995

PETER EBDON (Eng)

Stephen Hendry (Sco)

1996

DARREN MORGAN (Wal)

Steve Davis (Eng)

1997

STEPHEN HENDRY (Sco)

Darren Morgan (Wal)

1998

KEN DOHERTY (Irl)

R'nie O'Sullivan (Eng)*

1999

STEPHEN HENDRY (Sco)

Stephen Lee (Eng)

2000

JOHN HIGGINS (Sco)

Stephen Hendry (Sco)

2001

R'NIE O'SULLIVAN (Eng)

Stephen Hendry (Sco)

2002

JOHN HIGGINS (Sco)

Peter Ebdon (Eng)

* O'Sullivan won the final but was subsequently disqualified due to failing a drugs testLinks to other Snooker